What do we already know about classroom collaboration?

Type of Group Activity	Concerns a Teacher may have.	Strengths	How doe the group support learning?
Team problem solving, classwork tasks.	Loafers	Exposure to other learning styles, ways of knowing	Individual strengths mixed.
Lab Groups (individual writeups	Low productivity	Socialization, (Cooperation, collaboration, respect for differences)	Learning by teaching others. (sense making.)
Project Groups (notes, etc, + synthesis activity)	Chit Chat	Creativity	Benefit from multiple perspectives.
	Dominant Voice
	Groupthink

Burning Questions - Classroom Collaboration